[sldev] Re: Texture caching, pipeline, memory

[Argent Stonecutter]

> True that laptops are harder to upgrade, and I don't see many being  
> supported/held-onto anymore that can't upgrade to XP.  I do hear  
> people who try. You run the figures to upgrade an older laptop, and  
> you see that it is less expensive to just by a new one (or used but  
> better than your old one).

It's not the "Windows 98" bit that I was concerned about, it was the  
high end computer you were describing that's a hell of a lot more  
system than mine, and definitely more than even recent *good* laptops.

But since you bring that up, you better make that 2000, not XP. I've  
avoided downgrading to XP up to now and I've been as happy with 2000  
as with any version of Windows... particularly after reading about  
all the XP annoyances.